The Band Courtbouillon, which includes Wilson Savoy, Wayne Toups and Steve Riley, plays during their Grammy celebration last April in downtown Lafayette.

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Music fans find out tonight if another local band can bring home a Grammy when the Recording Academy announces nominations. CBS hosts a prime time special, "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live, at 9 p.m. today.

For six years straight, a local band has been nominated for or won a Grammy. The streak started in 2008, when the first Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album Grammy was issued.

Lafayette's Terrance Simien won the first honor, followed by BeauSoleil, Buckwheat Zydeco and Chubby Carrier in the three years that followed. In 2012, zydeco and Cajun ...